 | Books and bookselling - 1788 - 588 pages
...Poetry, Sir, is univerfolly allowed to be the firll and noblelr. of the arts 2nd fciences ; infomuch, that it is the opinion of critics that an epic poem is the grcateft work the human mi m I is capable of bringing ro perfection. If then 1 can prove that the art... | |
 | John Smith, George Canning, John Hookham Frere, Robert Percy Smith - 1788 - 476 pages
...demonftration * will claim their aflent, to my opinion. ' POETRY, Sir, is univerfally allowed to bethfc * firft and nobleft of the arts and fciences; info*...critics, that an * Epic Poem is the greateft work the htiman ' mind is capable of'bringing to perfection. If c then I can prove, that the ART of WEAVING... | |
 | 1788 - 772 pages
...tt .* I r A Litter from a Weaver. Feb. be the firft and nobleft of the arts and fcirni s ; tnfomuch, that it is the opinion of critics that an epic poem...capable of bringing to perfection. If 'then I can prove the art of weaving is, in any degree, analogous to the art of poetry; if this analogy has been allowed... | |
 | John Smith, George Canning, Robert Percy Smith, John Hookham Frere - 1809 - 176 pages
...Poetry, Sir, is universally allowed to be the first and noblest of the arts and sciences ; insomuch, that it is the opinion of critics, that an epic poem is the greatest work the human mind is capable of bringing to perfection. If then I can prove, that the art... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 426 pages
...Poetry, Sir, is universally allowed to be the first and noblest of the arts and sciences; insomuch, that it is the opinion of critics, that an epic poem is the greatest work the human mind is capable of bringing to perfection. If then I can prove, that the art... | |
 | George Canning - 1825 - 312 pages
...Poetry, sir, is universally allowed to be the first and noblest of the arts and sciences ; insomuch, that it is the opinion of critics that an epic poem is the greatest work the human mind is capable of bringing to perfection. If, then, I can prove that the art... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1827 - 106 pages
...Poetry, Sir, is universally allowed to be the first and noblest of the arts and sciences ; insomuch, that it is the opinion of critics, that an epic poem is the greatest work the human mind is capable of bringing to perfection. If, then, I can prove that the art... | |
 | George Canning - 1828 - 516 pages
...arts and scieirces; insomuch, that it is the opinion of critics, that an epic poem is the greatest work the human mind is capable of bringing to perfection....is in any degree analogous to the art of poetry; if Urn analogy has been allowed by the whole tribe of critics! so far, that in speaking of the latter,... | |
 | George Canning - Great Britain - 1836 - 508 pages
...Poetry, Sir, is universally allowed to be the first and noblest of the arts and sciences; insomuch, that it is the opinion of critics, that an epic poem is the greatest work the human mind is capable of bringing to perfection. If, then, I can prove, that the... | |
 | George Canning, John Hookham Frere, George Ellis - Burlesque - 1890 - 458 pages
...the arts and sciences, insomuch that it is the opinion of critics that an epic poem is the greatest work the human mind is capable of bringing to perfection....analogy has been allowed by the whole tribe of critics so far, that in speaking of the latter they have used the terms of the former, and have passed judgment... | |
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Poetry, sir, is universally allowed to be the first and noblest of the arts and sciences, insomuch that it is the opinion of critics that an epic poem is the greatest work the human mind is capable of bringing to perfection. If, then, I can prove that... 